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   Bird , n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird, bird, AS. bridd young bird. √92.]
   Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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   That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird.
   Shak.
   
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   The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
   Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20).
   
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   (Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
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   Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
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   Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
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   And by my word! the bonny bird
   In danger shall not tarry.
   Campbell.
   
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   Arabian bird, the phenix. -- Bird of Jove, the eagle. -- Bird of Juno, the peacock. -- Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. -- Bird of passage, a migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. -- Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.
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   Bird , v. i.
   To catch or shoot birds.
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   Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. [R.]
   B. Jonson.
   
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   to watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for enjoyment; to birdwatch.
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